Modern Dispatch (#66): Superheroic Adventure Generator

Another random adventure generator from Adamant Entertainment! This issue of Modern Dispatch features a generator specifically for superheroic d20 campaigns.

There are a number of d20-based superhero games on the market, and the Superheroic Adventure Generator is usable with all of them...or any non-d20 superhero game, for that matter!

The core concept of a comic-book-style adventure is broken into five different categories, and each category provides 64 different options -- thereby allowing this adventure generator to provide 1,073,741,824 possible adventure seeds!

A fairly cost effective muse. I have used this as a method to devise simple scenarios for my players. It's not very intense and it will definitely require imagination on the part of the GM, but it does help create the framework for a story. Scenari [...]

Excellent stepping board for adventures, and it will at least steer you in the right direction. The categories are vague, but thats what imagination is for. LIKED: It was very simple to understand, and was worth the price. QUALIT[...]

Consisting of only a few tables, and a very basic descriptions this product is lackluster at best. While it is a great start, without a bit more exposition of actually utilizing the tables and handling the superheroic nature of possible events, its really [...]

This is pretty decent. I think it could have been a free product, but I'm happy with the price that is. This will work anyone that is stumped for a quick superhero adventure idea. QUALITY: Acceptable VALUE: Satisfied [...]

A great idea for creating adventures on the fly. Works well, but can get results that are hard to fit into your game. My solution to this is simple: reroll. LIKED: As mentioned above DISLIKED: A few layout issues in the t [...]

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